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Margaret Bourke-White

(American, 1904–1971)

[Two boys are given poison by their mother at Schweinfurt, Leipzig, Germany]

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Object Details

Artist

Margaret Bourke-White

Date

1945 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 19 1/4 × 15 3/8 inches (48.9 × 39 cm)
Mount (Matted): 27 15/16 × 22 1/16 inches (71 × 56 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the artist, Class of 1927, and LIFE Magazine

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Number

65.588